505.491
Police officer guilty in performance of official duty.

Except as provided in
division (D) of section
505.49 or in division (C) of
section 509.01 of the Revised Code
for a board of township trustees,
and except as provided in division (D) of section
505.49 of the Revised Code for a
joint police district board, if the board has reason to believe that a chief of police,
patrol officer, or other township or joint police
district employee appointed under division (B) of section
505.49 of the Revised Code or a
police constable appointed under division (B) of section
509.01 of the Revised Code has been
guilty, in the performance of the official duty of that chief of police, patrol
officer, other township or joint police district
employee, or police constable, of bribery, misfeasance, malfeasance,
nonfeasance, misconduct in office, neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual
drunkenness, incompetence, or failure to obey orders given that person by the
proper authority, the board immediately shall file written charges against that
person.
The written charges shall set forth in detail a statement of the alleged
guilt and, at the same time, or as soon thereafter as possible, serve a true
copy of those charges upon the person against whom they are made. The service
may be made on the person or by leaving a copy of the charges at the office or
residence of that person. Return of the service shall be made to the board in
the same manner that is provided for the return of the service of summons in a
civil action.